CVE-2010-0292
The read_from_cmd_socket function in cmdmon.c in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1, and 1.24-pre1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a spoofed cmdmon packet that triggers a continuous exchange…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The read_from_cmd_socket function in cmdmon.c in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1, and 1.24-pre1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a spoofed cmdmon packet that triggers a continuous exchange of NOHOSTACCESS messages between two daemons, a related issue to CVE-2009-3563.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- tuxfamily/chrony
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7864c7a70ce00369194e734eb2842ecc5f8db531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38428Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38480Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555367
- http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7864c7a70ce00369194e734eb2842ecc5f8db531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38428Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38480Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555367
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.